The deadline to register for a gator tag is closing in. Alabama hunters who want the chance to kill the state’s most ferocious game animal this year have until July 13 at 8 a.m. to register online for a chance to draw an alligator tag at <www.outdooralabama.com>.

In a random drawing on July 13, a total of 205 tags will be issued statewide for the Mobile-Tensaw Delta season and the four-county southeast Alabama season, formerly known as the Lake Eufaula season. This year, DCNR has expanded the area for the Lake...

Logan Martin is at full pool, which means the morning grassbed bite is on, and even if the lake level drops a few feet, July is the time for great catches on the channel ledges.

Logan Martin Lake, located in east-central Alabama only...

It isn’t often you find a public-land hunter willing to share. In fact, many hunters feel a big drawback to hunting Alabama’s WMAs is sharing the land. The perceived high level of hunting pressure and the possibility of having someone...

Paddling my canoe along the grassy banks of Big Wills Creek at Neely Henry, I noticed a 2 1/2-foot-long spotted gar slyly skulking about in search of prey. He was well camouflaged against the shallow and muddy creek bottom and looked menacing with...